Cellulose derivative textile fibers dyed with derivatives of 1-amino-2-nitro-benzene-4-sulfamide



Patented May 2, 1950 onus-o ESTATES PATENT. OFF

2,506,224 I C E CELLULO'SE DERIVATIVE TEXTILE FIBERS DYED WITHDERIVATIVES OF :1-AMINO-2- 'NITRO-BENZENE-l-SULFAMIDE Georges Kopp, MontSaint-Aign'an, and Rene Eugene Marcel Gangneux, Rouen, France, as-'signors to Manufactures 'de Produ'its Chimiques du Nord EtablissementsKulilmann,

Paris,

France, a corporation of France "No Drawing. "Application Apr'il26,1945, Serial :No.i'590,504. .InFra-nce August 28,1941

Section 1, Public Law 690, August s, 1946 Patent expires August 28, 1961.This invention relates to the colouring of rayon silksv basicallycomposed of cellulose esters or others and of the organic solvents,fatty matters and varnishes.

It is well known that rayon silks basically composed of celluloseacetate can be dyed with nitrated dyestuffs containing neither the groupSOsH nor the group CO'ZH. These products, which are mostly substituteddinitrodiphenylamines generally possess a good fastness to light whenapplied alone as well as in a mixture, for

been found that most of the said drawbacks are avoided when-using, fordyeing or printing of rayon silks basically composed of cellulose estersor ethers, nitrated dyestuffs answering the following general formula:

in tow in whi'chR. ,-R=,-1'1, and R represent either "hydrogen or alkyl,oxyalkyl, :cycloalkyl or aralkyl radicals which can be eventuallysubstituted, identical or different, under the condition that at leastone of the radicals R W, R andlii is not hydrogen.

A certain number of products answering the said formula have alreadybeen described in the literature, but their use for dyeing celluloseacetate rayon silks has never been suggested. In a general manner, suchproducts may be prepared by condensation ofl-halogen-Z-nitrobenzene4-sulphamides which are eventually 55substituted to nitrogen, or of l -chloro-2-nitrobenzene-4-sulphochloride, with primary'or secondary amines or withammonia. They offer the following advantages;

(1) They can very readily be dispersed, -thus giving emulsions showingby transparency the aspect of true solutions. Their dispersion :isfavoured by the fact that they can be dissolved by alkalies in thepresence of suitable dispersing agents, according to the methods whichare hescribed in the French Patent No. 858,386, filed on April 24,1939.

(2) The presence of the fraction SO N confers them an excellentafiini-ty for acetate rayon silk and a perfect resistanceagainst-sublimation.

(3) When dyed or printed .in a mixture with blue dyestu-ifs, they yieldgreen shades which are faster to light than those which can be obtainedby means of the hitherto known dyestuffs.

It is also known that certain of thegproducts answering the above givengeneral formula are soluble in organic solvents, but their use forcolouring plastic matters, fats and varnishes has never been mentionedhitherto. Now, it has been found, according to the invention, that'th-eyallowthe-dyeing, with-excel1ent yield,-of-cellulosic varnishes and fattymatters, in bright colours which are'particularly fast to light andsublimation.

The following are non-.limitative examples :of

formsof execution of thepresent invention.

In these examples, the parts by volume -'.-are

taken so that in the case of water one part by volume is equal to onepart byweight.

Example 1 236.5 parts by weight of 1-chloro-2-nitrobenacne-.4-sulphamide are introduced, in smallportions, into a solution, heated upto 00 (1., :of 300 parts by weight of cyclohexylaminezinr300 parts byvolume of water. The condensation :15 very rapid and the product of thereaction separates in the form of oil. Hydrochloric acid is added forremoving the excess of :cyclohexylamine, then the whole massis'iallowed-to cool and the dyestuffis-filtered and'crystallizes oncooling. After being twice re-crystallized in-acetic acid, it melts at159 C. This dyestuff which has as formula:

dyes the acetate rayon silks in greenish yellow shades which are fast tolight.

GE -OH /CH1 CH -OH Example 2 256 parts by weight ofl-chloro-Z-nitrobenzenel-sulphochlorlde are introduced in small portionsinto a solution, heated up to 100 C., of 600 parts by weight ofcyclohexylamine in 600 parts by volume of water. The reaction is veryrapid. The obtained product is freed from the cyclohexylamine in excessby treatment with diluted hydrochloric acid. When re-crystallized frombenzene, it melts at 166-l67 C. Its constitution is as follows:

It dyes the fatty matters, solvents and varnishes in very green yellowshades which are fast to light. Its perfect resistance to sublimationrenders it've'ry interesting for the production of greenish yellowprinting inks.

Example 3 "The cyclohexylamine is replaced, in Example 1, by 180 partsin weight of ethanolamine which are heated up to 120 C. in an autoclaveduring two hours. When re-crystallized in water, the so obtained productmelts at 139/140 C. and has the following constitution:

It dyes the acetate rayon silks in very green yellow which is fast tolight. Its aflinity for this fibre is excellent, even at temperaturesnearing 50 C. When mixed with a blue derived from amino-anthraquinone,it yields greens which are fasttolight.

Example 4 A dyeing bath is prepared by means of one part by weight of1-phenyl-amino-2-nitrobenzene-4- sulphanilide:

dispersed, for instance, according to one of the methods described inthe above mentioned French Patent No. 858,386, of 20 parts by weight ofyellow soap and of 4,000 parts by volume of water. The whole mass isheated up to 40 C. and 100 parts by weight ofv acetate rayon silk areintroduced. The temperature is brought to 85 C. in half an hour and thedyeing is continued during one hour and a half at this temperature. Thefibre is thoroughly rinsed, wrung and dried. The fibre is dyed in ayellow which is very fast to light.

' Example 5 1 part by weight ofl-phenyl-amino-2-nitrobenzene-i-sulphamide a 4 is dissolved in 100 partsby volume of nitrocellulosio varnish. When applied onto a suitablesupport the so obtained solution yields a very intensive yellow coatingwhich is fast to light and sublimation.

Example 6 The dyestufi': obtained according to Example 1 is dispersedaccording to the method described in in the Example 1 of the FrenchPatent No.

858,386; one part by weight of the dispersed product is then pasted with10 parts by volume of water and one adds 50 parts by weight of athickener basically composed of gum. One prints on a tissue of matcellulose acetate rayon silk, vaporizes, washes and dries. The printedparts are coloured in a greenish yellow which is bright and presents agood uniformity.

We claim:

2 1. As a new article of manufacture a textile material containing anorganic derivative of cellulose of the group consisting of the estersand ethers of cellulose, colored with a dyestuff having the generalformula:

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ing formula:

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REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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1. AS A NEW ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE A TEXTILE MATERIAL CONTAINING ANORGANIC DERIVATIVE OF CELLULOSE OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE ESTERSAND ETHERS OF CELLULOSE, COLORED WITH A DYESTUFF HAVING THE GENERALFORMULA: